Hey everyone, hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, I will show you a way to make a special dish, cherry tomato & basil angel hair pasta. It is one of my favorites. This time, I will make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.
The cherry tomato is a type of small round tomato believed to be an intermediate genetic admixture between wild currant-type tomatoes and domesticated garden tomatoes. Cherry tomatoes range in size from a thumbtip up to the size of a golf ball, and can range from spherical to slightly oblong in shape. Although usually red, other colours such as yellow, green, and black also exist. Cherry tomatoes are vigorous plants that are easily cultivated in containers or out in the garden.
Cherry Tomato & Basil Angel Hair Pasta is one of the most favored of recent trending foods in the world. It is easy, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. They are fine and they look fantastic. Cherry Tomato & Basil Angel Hair Pasta is something that I have loved my entire life.
To begin with this recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can cook cherry tomato & basil angel hair pasta using 8 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Cherry Tomato & Basil Angel Hair Pasta:
- Get 20 cherry tomatoes
- Prepare 4 tbsps olive oil
- Prepare 4 cloves garlic
- Take to taste Salt Pepper and
- Prepare 1 packet Angel Hair pasta
- Make ready 10 basil leaves
- Take 1/2 lemon
- Prepare Parmesan cheese Grated
Any way you put it, cherry tomatoes just plain rock! The best thing about most cherry (or grape) tomatoes is just how prolific they are. Cherry tomatoes can grow big and bushy. Look at your cherry tomato seedling in its little container.
Instructions to make Cherry Tomato & Basil Angel Hair Pasta:
- We being by roasting the tomatoes in a 200C preheated oven. Wash the tomatoes and place on a baking tray along with the smashed garlic cloves. Drizzle with 2 tbsp of olive oil and season with salt and pepper.
- Roast until the tomatoes are soft and sort of burst open. This takes about 20 mins, but keep checking every 5-7mins. You dont want to 'dry' out the tomatoes.
- When the tomatoes were in the oven, I boiled a pot of water and cooked the angel hair pasta until it was al dente. You can cook the pasta based on your preference (i.e al dente or fully cooked through).
- Before I drained the pasta I added the fresh basil leaves. The water becomes so deliciously fragrant!!!!
- Reserve 1/2 cup of this basil water and then drain the pasta and basil.
- Now it's time to assemble this dish: Return the pasta along with the basil to the pot. Drizzle 2 tbsp olive oil. Add the roasted tomato and garlic from the oven. Season with salt and pepper again if needed. Use the reserved basil water to loosen up the pasta. You might not need it all, I used some to help the pasta not go all dry.
- Give it a good gentle toss, and transfer to a serving dish.
- To finish up, I garnished it with fresh basil leaves, squeezed 1/2 lemon over the pasta and grated some Parmesan cheese.
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Cherry tomatoes can grow big and bushy. Look at your cherry tomato seedling in its little container. Though highly addictive, cherry tomatoes are good for you—rich in calcium, iron, lycopene, and vitamins A & C. Easy to grow, many cherry tomato plants have a built-in resistance to some of the diseases that will kill a regular tomato plant. Cherry tomatoes are bite-sized tomatoes that grow quickly, ripen early, and are good for you.
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